A BOONDOGGLE
Michigan is preparing to provide wireless laptop computers to every 6th grader in the state. The kids will be allowed to take the computers home on the weekends. Some administrators question the huge expense at a time of tight budgets elsewhere. Also, no money has been designated for software or repairs. This is a recipe for disaster. Laptops (even Apple’s) are much more “brittle” than desktops. These things are going to break or, worse, get broken. Without a repair budget, some kids will be sitting on expensive paperweights.